Smart Manufacturing Concept Papers due Nov 4

The deadline to submit a concept paper for DE-FOA-0001263: Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Smart Manufacturing: Advanced Sensors, Controls, Platforms, and Modeling for Manufacturing is Wednesday, Nov 4th, 2015 at 5:00 ET.

Applicants may only submit one Concept Paper and one Full Application for consideration under this FOA. To apply, Applicants must register with and submit application materials through the EERE Exchange Portal.

WORKSHOP: Energy Optimized Desalination Technology Development – Nov 5-6

The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Office of Fossil Energy will host a workshop on Energy Optimized Desalination Technology Development. The workshop will take place on November 5-6, 2015, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, in San Francisco, CA.

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together leading technical experts in desalination to discuss pathways to accelerate the research, development and deployment of promising desalination approaches for fresh-water at lower energetic, economic, and environmental costs relative to existing technologies.

Please note that the second day of the workshop is planned to be a half-day agenda, concluding at approximately noon.

Attendance is limited. Register today to participate in this important effort.

WORKSHOP: Materials for Harsh Service Conditions – Nov 19-20

*Registration now open*

The Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) will host a workshop at the Westin Convention Center Hotel November 19-20, 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA. The topic of this 1.5 day workshop is Materials for Harsh Service Conditions. Categories for consideration include High Temperature, Corrosion, Mechanical Wear/Stress, and Radiation/Hydrogen Embrittlement.

Group rates for a single room are available until November 6 on the nights of November 18-19, 2015. Contact the Westin for more information.

Register today to participate in this important effort.

AMO Develops Process Heating and Steam System Modeling Tools

These tools will help users survey and assess their process heating equipment and identify potential energy efficiency upgrade opportunities.

The Process Heating Modeling Tool (PHMT) consists of 10 Energy Flow calculators which allow users to quickly assess the magnitude of losses within their system. Properties and equipment calculators within the Steam System Modeling Tool (SSMT) will allow the user to input the metrics of their system, generate a list of detailed steam specific steam properties, and test a variety of adjustments on individual equipment.

Click here to access Awareness Modules for both PHMT and SSMT.

The DOE-AMO Industrial SEP Ratepayer-funded Accelerator released a Toolkit

The toolkit provides resources to assist utilities and energy efficiency program administrators deploy Strategic Energy Management (SEM) through Superior Energy Performance® (SEP™). The Industrial SEP Ratepayer-funded Accelerator demonstrates SEM through SEP as an effective ratepayer-funded energy efficiency program offering for industrial and large commercial facilities. This toolkit includes such items as a Program Planning Guide and a Cost-Effectiveness Screening Tool.

Dynamic Energy Flow Tool Shows the Flow of Energy Supply, Demand, and Losses

AMO published an interactive Dynamic Manufacturing Energy Flows Tool which displays dynamic Sankey diagrams showing the flow of energy supply, demand, and losses in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Users can pan, zoom, and customize the display to explore the flow of energy use at different levels of detail or compare energy consumption across manufacturing subsectors. Selected images can also be saved for export.

The underlying data source for the tool derives from AMO’s Manufacturing Energy and Carbon Footprints.

Ultrafast Technology Converts Component Surfaces into Thick, Hard Boride Layers in Minutes

An ultrafast boriding technology was recently developed at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The process enables treating thousands of industrial components in one batch, without creating solid or liquid waste and gaseous emissions. The ultrafast, large-scale boriding process is the result of a collaborative effort involving Argonne (lead partner), Bodycote, and Istanbul Technical University, stemming from a project funded by the Advanced Manufacturing Office.

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